RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Amorphous marine muds from tropically weathered basalt
JF American Journal of Science
JO Am J Sci
FD American Journal of Science
SP 767
OP 772
DO 10.2475/ajs.261.8.767
VO 261
IS 8
A1 Moberly, Ralph
YR 1963
UL http://www.ajsonline.org/content/261/8/767.abstract
AB Clay-sized detrital sediments of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, closely reflect the intense tropical weathering conditions of their basaltic source area. Most of the silica and alumina present is amorphous allophane or in weakly crystalline halloysite. It is suggested that unstable muds of this composition may have been the raw materials for authigenesis of illite found in old sedimentary rocks.